How does "transpose-sentences" work?

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How does M-x transpose-sentences work? I tested it by executing the command with point at various places (as indicated) in the following:

this is sentence 1. this is sentence 2. this is sentence 3.
^       ^        ^^^^       ^        ^^^^       ^        ^^

It either appears to do nothing, or returns "Don't have two things to transpose".

Try separating sentences with two spaces to make it work. – wasamasa May 26 '15 at 08:27 — wasamasa, May 26 '15 at 08:27

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered May 26 '15 at 08:30

How the function works will depend on your configuration. As a default, Emacs expects two spaces after a sentence. You can change this to one space by setting the variable sentence-end-double-space to nil. Once you've done that, it'll work as you expect.

How does "transpose-sentences" work?

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